Discussion
Reservation of seats in legislation and in Government jobs was granted by the Indian Constitution to :
(A) Compensate for low grades and marks scored in School and University examinations, because of which people were not able to compete.
(B) Compensate for years of historical suppression and educational deprivation.
(C) Appease people for political support and rally as vote banks.
Answer: C
Only statement B is correct, so the answer is Only (B).
Reservation in legislatures and government jobs was provided for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to compensate for years of historical suppression and educational deprivation. It is a means of moving towards equality for groups that were denied access to education, land and public life for generations.
Statement A misstates the purpose: reservation is not a reward for low marks but a remedy for long-standing social disadvantage. Statement C is not a constitutional purpose either; appeasing voters or creating vote banks is not why the Constitution makes these provisions. So options including A or C are wrong.
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